Music of Anthropology
For the next issue of Open Anthropology I am assembling a list of articles on music. Consistent with the mission of Open Anthropology, these articles will be open…
Animating Resistance
Anthropology as Public Pedagogy The horned serpent serves as a witness to the events that unfold during the Pueblo uprising. Warren Montoya On January 25, President Trump signed…
#AltAc Anthropology Careers – The draw of experiential design firms
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
#AltAc Anthropology Careers – The draw of experiential design firms
Paul Heartly, a Toronto native and anthropologist, gave unique insight into his hiring PhDs for an ‘alternative’ career. In a 2015 interview for Alt-Ac Advisor, Heartly stated: it is interest…
Music of Anthropology
Music, Anthropology, Ethnomusicology For the June 2017 issue of Open Anthropology I assembled 15 articles for an issue titled “Music – Anthropology – Life.” Under the new agree…
Recycling Reconsidered: A must-read text for discard studies
If I could only recommend one text in discard studies, it would be Recycling Reconsidered by Samantha MacBride (2011, MIT Press).
Touch me if you can!
Shoppen – Mit Freunden über die Einkaufsmeilen flanieren, anprobieren was das Zeug hält, mit schweren Tüten in der Hand aus dem Shop gehen und vor allem das Fühlen…
Anthropology in an Age of ‘Dangerous Nonsense’ (Part 1)
In the waning moments of 2016, one man, armed with an AR-15 and “information” about a conspiracy related to Hilary Clinton, walked into a DC pizza parlor hell…
My speech at the March for Truth in St Louis
Today I spoke at the March for Truth at St Louis. Thank you to everyone who came out to the Arch and heard me speak and a special…
On the flexibility of tattoos #ThinkingVisually
Thus far in this thread we have discussed images as powerful communicative links between individuals and society around it. In this post, I want to focus on how…
Nevermore
av Christer Lindberg Det förmodligen mest udda inslaget på årets SANT-konferens i Stockholm var nog min presentation av fotoboken New York’s Raven (Transco-Script, Malmö 2017) under sektionen nya…
Early Career Jobs for IU Folklore and Ethnomusicology Ph.D.s in 2014
In order to answer a question that was posed during the recent Future of American Folkloristics conference, I took a few moments recently to crunch some placement data…
Vale Michael Agar
It is with sadness that I write about the death of Mike Agar on 20 May 2017. Others have written about his life and his passing on redfish.com and Anthropology News.…
Anthropology for Everyone
Michael Wesch and Ryan Klataske of Kansas State University have been working for the past year with WordPress Guru Tom Woodward to create a free “Connected Course” in…
Blood bowl: The Other Fantasy Football, Part 1: Warming Up
Editorial Note: This article will be released in three parts over the course of the next month. Stay tuned. Shouts ring out around one of the main halls…
What FoodAnthro is Reading Now, June 2nd 2017
A brief digest of food and nutrition-related items that caught our attention recently. Got items you think we should include? Send links and brief descriptions to dberiss@gmail.com or…
Links & Contents I Liked 235
Hi all, We are currently examining and discussing about 20 excellent MA thesis projects which is always a great way to wrap up the teaching term!I wish I…
Links & Contents I Liked 235
Hi all, We are currently examining and discussing about 20 excellent MA thesis projects which is always a great way to wrap up the teaching term!I wish I…
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 2
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you…
Visual Anthropology Revisited, pt 2
We like to bring you some of our favorite conversations from our catalogue as we think about new ways to explore the topic. This week we’re bringing you…
Visualising the past: crafting respectability in Seychelles and London #ThinkingVisually
In some research contexts, it is all but impossible to neglect the visual. Prior to beginning research on knowledge and intimacy in Seychelles and in London (with the…